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COMBINED SPOOL HOLDER AND THREAD CUTTER.

Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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ANDREAS EIOHHORN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR ()F ONE-HALF TO'ANDREVV FRANZ, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED SPOOL-HOLDER AND THREAD-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,455, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed May 20, 1892. Serial No. 433,715. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREAS EIoHHoRN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain newandusefullmprovementsinaCombinedSpool- Holder and Thread-Cutter, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in combined spool-holders andthread-cutters; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combinationof parts, as will be morefully hereinafter described, and designated inthe claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete inventionas applied to an ordinary table. Fig. 2 is an end detail view showingthe manner of securing same to a table. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe knife or thread-cutter.

The object of my invention is to provide a device upon which a number ofspools of thread, yarn, and similar material may be removably secured,and a knife or thread-cutter forming a part of my complete invention forcutting the thread when enough has been unwound from the spool, at thesame time insuring a clean end of the thread which is to be passedthrough the needle.

The use of my invention is especially designed for tailors,seamstresses, or other persons whose work requires a number of differentsizes or colors of thread, and provides against the delay occasioned bythe misplacing of the spools.

This combined spool-holder and threadcutter may be secured to a table,shelf, chair, sewing-machine, or whatever object is convenient for theuse of the operator.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an ordinary shelf or table towhich my invention is applied.

2 represents a suitable strip of light metal, the same forming whatmight be called a foundation for the device. Secured to the strip 2 bymeans of rivets 3 is aright-angular clamp 4, adapted to fit over thetable 1. This clamp is in the shape of a square with one side left out,and said clamp is provided with a perforation 5 in its free end 6,saidperforation being interiorly screw-threaded.

Adapted to be adjusted in the inter orlyscrew-threaded perforation 5 isan exterior-lyscrew-threaded thumb-screw 7, the same being of ordinaryconstruction and having fitted on its outer screw-threaded ends 8 aclampingblock 9, secured'thereto in any suitable and mechanical manner.7

10, 11, and 12 indicate upright stationary 6o spindles secured to thestrip 2 in any mechanical manner and are adapted to receive an ordinaryspool of thread, such as is shown by 13, said spool being provided witha hole through its center constructed to fit over the 5 spindles. Inthis connection I desire to state that the strip 2 may be of any lengthand may have any number of upright spindles such as 10, 11, and12without affecting in the least the original function of my inven- 7tion.

Upon the end of the strip opposite to that on which the spindles aresecured is a knife or thread-cutter 14, the same being appropriatelyhinged to the end of the strip 2 in any mechanical manner.

Preferably I use a hinge of the following construction: A hollow ear 15is formed upon or with the strip 2 and two ears 16 adapted to fit withinsaid ear 15. Said cars 16 are formed with or upon the knife 14, and whenthese cars are fitted together a pin 17 is placed through all three ofthe ears, thus forming a hinged joint.

Having fully described the mechanical con- 5 struction and brieflystated the object of my invention, I will now proceed to describe theoperation of same. Take, for example, a tailor working upon a suit ofclothes in which it is necessary for him to use both linen and 9 silkthread of different sizes, and without the use of my invention thevarious spools are perhaps scattered around in the vicinity of hiswork-table, and when he needs a certain size or kind of thread it isnecessary for him to stop his work and search for the same, perhapsscattered around under other garments or upon the floor. If it isnecessary for him to use five different kinds or sizes of thread, he canfasten one of my devices near him and place upon the spindles thereofthe different spools of thread. He has by this means the thread where hecan find it without any search, and by using the knife or thread-outterhe can cutoff the thread any desirable length without breaking it orcutting it by other means than that supplied by myinvention, and at thesame time having an even and clean end of the thread which he desires topass through the needle.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is As an improvementin combined spoolholders and thread-cutters, the combination, with ahorizontal base-plate provided with spindles secured thereto and with aclamp, of a folding cutting-blade hinged to one end of said base-plateand adapted when opened to occupy a vertical position, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREAS EIOHHORN. Witnesses:

HERBERT S. ROBINSON, ALFRED A. EICKS.

